The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Industry, Commerce and MSMEs (MICM) made a key announcement on Friday afternoon outlining a weekly fuel price adjustment that will take effect from August 15 through August 21. Under the new pricing scheme, two widely consumed fuel grades, regular gasoline and regular diesel, will see a modest increase of RD$3 per gallon, while prices for premium gasoline, premium diesel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and natural gas will hold steady at their current levels.
Following the price hike, regular gasoline will be retailed at RD$307.50 per gallon across the country, and regular diesel will be priced at RD$259.80 per gallon. In an official press statement released alongside the announcement, MICM emphasized that even with this week’s adjustment, current fuel prices remain lower than the levels recorded before the government implemented its price stabilization policy. Back on June 13, the Dominican government rolled out a 90-day fuel price freeze as a core component of its national Anti-Crisis Plan, a policy designed to cushion the impact of global energy market volatility on household and business budgets.
The targeted adjustment, which only affects lower-grade regular fuels while leaving premium products and residential energy sources like LPG and natural gas unchanged, reflects the government’s effort to balance shifting global energy costs with its commitment to long-term price stability through the Anti-Crisis Plan framework.